FICO vs INTU vs PCTY Stock Comparison

Fair Isaac, Intuit and Paylocity Holding Prices as of Nov 4, 2026 Peers: Industry group
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FICO Fair Isaac Corp
$701.03 +1.6% 1M -56.4% 1Y
Market cap
$15.14B
P/E
19.5x
Revenue (TTM)
$2.39B
Div. yield
–
Analytics and BI Technology
7 wins
INTU Intuit Inc.
$356.64 +25.3% 1M -46.0% 1Y
Market cap
$95.72B
P/E
21.6x
Revenue (TTM)
$21.45B
Div. yield
1.40%
Accounting Software Technology
1 win
PCTY Paylocity Holding Corp
$170.96 +16.0% 1M +22.7% 1Y
Market cap
$9.11B
P/E
34.3x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.77B
Div. yield
–
HR Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fair Isaac leads on 7 of the 12 questions below (Fair Isaac 7, Paylocity Holding 3, Intuit 1). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFICOINTUPCTYLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $15.14B $95.72B $9.11B INTU
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 19.5x 21.6x 34.3x FICO
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 16.0x 16.5x 20.7x FICO
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +24.1% +13.9% +11.0% FICO
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 34.1% 21.3% 15.2% FICO
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 62.6% 16.7% 21.0% FICO
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA 4.3x 0.1x -0.4x PCTY
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 1.40% — –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months -56.4% -46.0% +22.7% PCTY
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +13.0%/yr -10.3%/yr -9.4%/yr FICO
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 66.8% 52.7% 41.9% PCTY
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 74/100 73/100 62/100 FICO

Percentile Scorecard

FICOINTUPCTY

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFICOINTUPCTY
Valuation 60 #40 of 99 80 #21 of 99 52 #48 of 99
Growth 79 #21 of 98 66 #34 of 98 67 #33 of 98
Profitability 100 #1 of 96 93 #8 of 96 84 #16 of 96
Financial Health 32 #76 of 111 69 #35 of 111 56 #50 of 111
Shareholder Returns 99 #2 of 67 59 #28 of 67 53 #32 of 67
Overall 74 73 62
  • FICO ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • INTU ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications
  • PCTY ranked among 113 companies in Business Applications

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFICOINTUPCTYSPY
1 month +1.6%+25.3%+16.0% -1.0%
3 months -35.8%+8.8%+15.7% -0.4%
6 months -34.3%-8.2%+66.7% +4.5%
Year to date -58.5%-46.2%+12.1% +12.4%
1 year -56.4%-46.0%+22.7% +13.6%
3 years -24.7%-28.5%+17.7% +76.4%
3 years, per year -9.0%-10.6%+5.6% +20.8%
5 years +84.4%-42.0%-38.9% +63.7%
5 years, per year +13.0%-10.3%-9.4% +10.4%
10 years +517.0%+238.8%+374.2% +267.7%
10 years, per year +20.0%+13.0%+16.8% +13.9%

Risk

MeasureFICOINTUPCTYSPY
Volatility, 1Y 66.8%52.7%41.9% 12.8%
Downside volatility, 1Y 82.1%58.5%41.1% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.290.16-0.18 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y -0.84-0.870.54 1.06
Max drawdown, 5Y -75.1%-68.4%-66.0% -25.4%
From 52-week high -62.0%-47.3%-3.8% -1.6%
52-week high $1,844.98$676.55$177.67 $779.14
52-week low $592.49$255.07$95.10 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFICOINTUPCTY
P/E now vs peer median 19.5xmedian 25.3x 21.6xmedian 25.3x 34.3xmedian 25.3x
P/S now vs peer median 6.3xmedian 2.8x 4.5xmedian 2.8x 5.1xmedian 2.8x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 16.3xmedian 16.5x 14.3xmedian 16.5x 17.9xmedian 16.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 15.2xmedian 16.1x 11.0xmedian 16.1x 18.3xmedian 16.1x
P/B now vs peer median -3.7xmedian 2.8x 5.0xmedian 2.8x 7.5xmedian 2.8x
PEG now vs peer median 0.66median 0.84 0.86median 0.84 1.34median 0.84

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFICOINTUPCTY
Revenue $2.39B $21.45B $1.77B
Gross profit $2.04B $17.37B $1.23B
Operating income $1.24B $5.88B $385.99M
Net income $815.02M $4.57B $269.74M
Free cash flow $996.02M $8.66B $497.10M
R&D $208.49M $3.38B $221.39M
EPS (diluted) $35.90 $16.48 $4.92
Cash & equivalents $248.44M $4.71B $271.92M
Total debt $5.58B $7.67B $81.25M
Shares (diluted) 22.70M 277.00M 54.77M
Enterprise value $14.38B $75.07B $8.21B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFICOINTUPCTY
P/E 19.5x 21.6x 34.3x
P/FCF 15.2x 11.0x 18.3x
P/Operating cash flow 15.1x 10.8x 17.1x
P/S 6.3x 4.5x 5.1x
P/B -3.7x 5.0x 7.5x
P/Tangible book -3.7x 6.7x 8.0x
EV/EBITDA 16.3x 14.3x 17.9x
EV/EBIT 16.6x 16.3x 23.1x
EV/Revenue 8.6x 4.5x 5.0x
EV/FCF 20.6x 11.1x 17.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 20.4x 10.9x 16.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 0.66 0.86 1.34

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFICOINTUPCTY
Revenue growth (1Y) 24.1% 13.9% 11.0%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 17.6% 14.3% 14.7%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 29.2% 14.7% 11.7%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 20.6% 15.1% 14.9%
Operating income growth (1Y) 39.7% 19.5% 27.0%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 26.5% 23.3% 35.5%
Net income growth (1Y) 28.8% 18.0% 18.8%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 24.9% 24.2% 24.2%
EPS growth (1Y) 39.5% 20.6% 22.6%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 29.5% 25.1% 25.6%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 28.1% 42.4% 27.5%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.6% 20.5% 23.6%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 28.5% 41.5% 22.7%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 30.7% 21.4% 24.0%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFICOINTUPCTY
Gross margin 85.1% 81.0% 69.2%
EBITDA margin 52.3% 31.4% 28.1%
Operating margin 51.7% 27.4% 21.8%
Pretax margin 44.5% 28.1% 21.9%
Net margin 34.1% 21.3% 15.2%
FCF margin 41.6% 40.4% 28.1%
Operating cash flow margin 41.8% 41.2% 30.1%
Return on equity – 23.0% 22.5%
Return on assets 39.9% 12.0% 5.2%
Return on invested capital 62.6% 16.7% 21.0%
Return on capital employed 95.3% 21.1% 22.1%
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.6x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.2x 1.9x 2.0x
Stock comp / revenue 7.3% 9.6% 7.8%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFICOINTUPCTY
Debt / assets 274.0% 20.8% 1.7%
Debt / equity -1.4x 0.4x 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA 4.3x 0.1x -0.4x
Debt / FCF 5.6x 0.9x 0.2x
Liabilities / assets 301.1% 48.4% 75.0%
Equity / assets -201.1% 51.6% 25.0%
Interest coverage 6.6x 23.0x –
Current ratio 1.2x 1.5x 1.1x
Quick ratio 1.5x 0.8x 0.1x
Cash ratio 0.3x 0.7x 0.1x
Altman Z-score 8.32 5.23 2.53

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFICOINTUPCTY
Dividend yield – 1.4% –
Net buyback yield 23.6% 5.5% 4.3%
Shareholder yield 23.6% 6.9% 4.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFICOINTUPCTY
Forward P/E 16.0xFY2026 16.5xFY2027 20.7xFY2027
EPS, next fiscal year $43.69FY2026 $21.63FY2027 $8.25FY2027
EPS growth, next FY +46.2%FY2026 +28.4%FY2027 -0.7%FY2027
EPS growth, the year after +11.1% +14.7% +13.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $2.41BFY2026 $24.07BFY2027 $1.94BFY2027
Revenue growth, next FY +21.0%FY2026 +12.2%FY2027 +9.6%FY2027
Revenue growth, the year after +18.5% +9.3% -1.6%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFICOINTUPCTY
Held by institutions 95.7% 91.0% 85.4%
Institutions holding 845 1,752 468
Change in shares held, QoQ +1.9% +7.2% +2.3%
Institutions buying 383 804 274
Institutions selling 344 794 155
Buyers to sellers 1.11 1.01 1.77

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FICOINTUPCTY
FICO 1.00 0.39 0.38
INTU 0.39 1.00 0.63
PCTY 0.38 0.63 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FICO, INTU and PCTY?

Intuit (INTU) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fair Isaac (FICO) $15.14B, Intuit (INTU) $95.72B, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) $9.11B.

Which stock is cheaper, FICO, INTU and PCTY?

Fair Isaac (FICO) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fair Isaac (FICO) 19.5x, Intuit (INTU) 21.6x, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 34.3x). On next year's consensus earnings, Fair Isaac (FICO) is cheapest (Fair Isaac (FICO) 16.0x, Intuit (INTU) 16.5x, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 20.7x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Fair Isaac (FICO) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fair Isaac (FICO) +24.1%, Intuit (INTU) +13.9%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) +11.0%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fair Isaac (FICO) has the highest net margin (Fair Isaac (FICO) 34.1%, Intuit (INTU) 21.3%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 15.2%). On return on invested capital, Fair Isaac (FICO) leads (Fair Isaac (FICO) 62.6%, Intuit (INTU) 16.7%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 21.0%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Paylocity Holding (PCTY) returned the most: Fair Isaac (FICO) -56.4%, Intuit (INTU) -46.0%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) +22.7%. Over five years, Fair Isaac (FICO) compounded fastest (Fair Isaac (FICO) +13.0%/yr, Intuit (INTU) -10.3%/yr, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) -9.4%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Only one of these companies pays a dividend: Fair Isaac (FICO) 0.00%, Intuit (INTU) 1.40%. Fair Isaac (FICO) and Paylocity Holding (PCTY) pays no regular dividend.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) has been the steadiest (Fair Isaac (FICO) 66.8%, Intuit (INTU) 52.7%, Paylocity Holding (PCTY) 41.9%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FICO, INTU and PCTY?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fair Isaac (FICO) leads on 7. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.